"Let them use emacs": the interaction of simplicity and appropriation

Michael Twidale, M. Cameron Jones

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Abstract

We look at appropriations in a number of contexts, and find that often they involve very simple ways of coordinating functionality that seems to be at odds with much of the approach of computer systems design that emphasizes power and abstraction. We speculate about how we can extend this simplicity in other ways.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)66-71
JournalInternational reports on socio-informatics
Volume2
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2005

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